House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, the third-highest-ranking Republican in the House and a lawmaker from Ilhan Omar’s home state of Minnesota, has stated that if allegations of lying on federal paperwork to obtain U.S. citizenship are proven true, Rep. Omar should face severe consequences, including jail time and deportation. Emmer’s comments come amid a federal investigation into whether Omar or her father misrepresented her birth year on immigration documents when her family fled Somalia, a situation that could have allowed her to gain citizenship as a minor. While Omar and her Democratic allies decry the probe as politically motivated persecution aimed at silencing a critic of former President Trump, Emmer argued that the issuance of a judicially authorized search warrant, which led to federal agents raiding Omar’s D.C. home and seizing her phone, indicates probable cause that a federal crime was committed. He asserted that if the allegations are substantiated, Omar should ‘go back to where she came from,’ emphasizing that accountability is long overdue.
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